Liberty! (1997)

Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.

Liberty!

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Victor Garber
Victor Garber
as John Dickinson
Donna Murphy
Donna Murphy
as Abigail Adams
Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings
as King George III
Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald
as Philip Vickers Fithian
Colm Feore
Colm Feore
as Alexander Hamilton
Peter Donaldson
Peter Donaldson
as John Adams
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
as George Washington
Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays
as James Madison
Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann
as Narrator
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Joseph Plumb Martin
Jane Adams
Jane Adams
as Sara Scott
Jake Weber
Jake Weber
as Virginia Officer
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
as Luke - Slave
Terrence Mann
Terrence Mann
as General John Burgoyne
Mel Johnson Jr.
Mel Johnson Jr.
as Jehu Grant
Paxton Whitehead
Paxton Whitehead
as Horace Walpole
Remak Ramsay
Remak Ramsay
as Thomas Hutchinson
Forrest Sawyer
Forrest Sawyer
as Self - Host
Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott
as Thomas Jefferson
Roger Rees
Roger Rees
as Thomas Paine
James Naughton
James Naughton
as Patrick Henry
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
as Benjamin Franklin
Joris Stuyck
Joris Stuyck
as Johann Ewald
Jamison Selby
Jamison Selby
as Southern Patriot
Steve Zahn
Steve Zahn
as American Sergeant
Francie Swift
Francie Swift
as Baroness von Riedesel
Simon Jones
Simon Jones
as Ambrose Serle
Daniel Gerroll
Daniel Gerroll
as General Charles Cornwallis
Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
as Mercy Otis Warren
Byron Jennings
Byron Jennings
as John Hancock
JD Cullum
JD Cullum
as Nicholas Cresswell
Neil Maffin
Neil Maffin
as Anti-Federalist
Stephen Temperley
Stephen Temperley
as Hector de Crevecoeur
Kali Rocha
Kali Rocha
as Eliza Wilkinson
Mark Letheren
Mark Letheren
as British Soldier
Douglas Weston
Douglas Weston
as Sir George Collier
Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton
as Benjamin Rush
John Ellison Conlee
John Ellison Conlee
as Col. Henry Knox
Andreas Beckett
Andreas Beckett
as Lieutenant Colonel Baum
David Bishins
David Bishins
as Melancton Smith
Sebastian Roché
Sebastian Roché
as Marquis de Lafayette
Rob Campbell
Rob Campbell
as Noah Webster
Ronald Guttman
Ronald Guttman
as Comte de Rochambeau
David Yelland
David Yelland
as Edmund Burke
Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson
as Loyalist
James Murtaugh
James Murtaugh
as Anti-Federalist
Murphy Guyer
Murphy Guyer
as Benjamin Gilbert
Sam Tsoutsouvas
Sam Tsoutsouvas
as Hugh Ledlie
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The reluctant revolutionaries: 1763-1774

  • 1x2

    Blows must decide: 1774-1776

  • 1x3

    The times that try men's souls: 1776-1777

  • 1x4

    Oh fatal ambition: 1777-1778

  • 1x5

    The world turned upside down: 1778-1783

  • 1x6

    Are we to be a nation?: 1783-1788

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